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A new podcast series from Data & Society and Public Books that explores the past, present, and future of data. Read more

This report identifies three major digital barriers to economic justice arising from the pandemic. Read more

Keeping health care workers in the loop. Read on Points

The new-found power of gig economy workers. Read on The Globe and Mail

An academic workshop on data-driven technologies in organizational context. Read more

"Discriminating Tastes" examines how bias may creep into evaluations of Uber drivers through consumer-sourced rating systems. Read more

D&S researchers Alex Rosenblat and Tim Hwang explore "the significant role of worker motivations and regional political environments on the social and economic outcomes of automation" in this report. Read more

D&S Researcher Alex Rosenblat examines how Uber’s app design and deployment redistributes management functions to semiautomated and algorithmic systems, as well as to consumer ratings systems, creating ambiguity around who ... Read on Harvard Business Review

D&S Fellow Sorelle Friedler and D&S Affiliate Ifeoma Ajunwa argue in this essay that well settled legal doctrines that prohibit discrimination against job applicants on the basis of sex or race dictate an examination of... Read on SSRN